Universalism and cultural relativism in social work ethics

International Social Work

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-26

  Healy, Lynne M ^a  

^a University of Connecticut School of Social Work   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural relativism; Ethics; Human rights; Universalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845397695     PISSN: 00208728     EISSN: 14617234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020872807071479     Document Type: Article

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